Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting task force
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Welcome to the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Task Force of the Scouting Wikiproject! We were formed out of a discussion in November and December 2006 about male/female issues in Wikiproject Scouting.
Task Force News
[edit]- WAGGGS has finished its centenary celebrations. Guiding 2010 Centenary needs work to reflect the fact that all these events are now in the past.
Members
[edit]- Bduke
- BJCHK
- Chris
- Claireyfairypink
- Darthgriz98
- DocOfSoc
- the Epopt
- Erp
- Galaxite
- Globear
- Jergen
- Kingbird - Coordinator
- Lou Crazy
- Shruti14
The task force has its own userbox. To put this on your user page, type {{User GG/GS Taskforce}}.
Scope and Goals
[edit]This task force considers all articles involving Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting to be within its scope. This includes articles about mixed sex organisations and activities and articles where the subject or majority of subjects are/were male if Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting are/was involved, as well as female and female-only articles.
The goals of this task force are:
- To increase the amount of accurate and well written information on Wikipedia about Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting.
- To encourage equal participation of female and male editors in Wikipedia Scouting by being a presence for Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting.
Scouting Wikiproject Banner
[edit]The Scouting Wikiproject banner has an optional GGGS-task-force line. If you find an article within our scope, without this line, please add it.
Missing national GGGS articles
[edit]Part of this is my fault, part is because WAGGGS (like WOSM) is really sketchy with information on the smaller organizations, who don't usually have the numbers or bankroll of the boy orgs. Your mission, should you choose to accept it...
- Federated States of Micronesia - Scouting in the Federated States of Micronesia - Girl Scouts of the USA
- Marshall Islands - Scouting in the Marshall Islands - Girl Scouts of the USA
- Palau - Scouting in Palau - Girl Scouts of the USA
Suggested biographies
[edit]There are many people who contribute or contributed to Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting who could have a biography on Wikipedia but don't. Suggestions are listed below. Please be aware of Wikipedia's policy on notability.
- Aigul' Duîsheyevna Duîsheyeva, founder of Girl Scouting in Kyrgyzstan
- Marie Antoinette Hofmann Austrian Scouting de:Marie Antoinette Hofmann
- Muriel Greenstreet, founder of Girl Scouting in Japan
- Svetlana Korotkevich, International Commissioner of the Association of Belarusian Girl Guides
List of Directors/Chief Executives
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2010) |
- Dame Katharine Furse (1926–1936) - First director
- Arethusa Leigh-White (1937-1946)
- Winnifred Kydd (1947-1948)
- Elizabeth Fry (Acting Director 1948-1949)
- M.E. Home (1949-1950)
- Dame Leslie Whateley (1951–1964)
- Joyce Price (1975–1981)
- Lesley Bulman-Lever (1997–2006)
- Mary McPhail (2007–2014)
- Anita Tiessen (2014- )
Silver Fish recipients
[edit]Note, this list is missing many women's names. For an updated list visit Silver Fish Award
- Vera Armstrong[1] (disambig as other is at curling)
- Mary Cuningham Chater [1] Music advisor
- Lady Cochrane [1][who?]
- Beryl Cozens-Hardy [1]
- Lady Davies [1][who?]
- Betty Fripp [1]
- Dame Anstice Gibbs [1]
- Gwen Hesketh [1]
- Margaret Martin (Girl Guiding) [1]
- A. M. Maynard [1]
- Verona Wallace Williamson [1]
- Penelope Wood-Hill [1]
- Rosa Ward [1]
Updating United States Scouting in 'State' articles
[edit]Many of the Scouting in whatever State articles list little more than the pre-realignment councils in each state and so are woefully out-of-date not to mention incomplete.
Suggested checklist for articles
[edit]Checklist for what each 'Scouting in State' article should have for GSUSA.
- Map of councils in each state. Ideally includes headquarters, camps, and service centers (but this isn't always practical)
- History of Girl Scouting in the state (part might be in the council subsections)
- subarticle on each current council serving the state
- headquarters (headquarters determines where main article is if council crosses state boundaries)
- website (needs to be integrated into a footnote or be an external link in a formal external link page, not sure which is best)
- number of girl members (and possibly adult volunteers) if known
- description of area served if not obvious from council name. Cross links to other state Scouting articles if council crosses state boundaries.
- camps with general location and description if possible (if headquarters another state, only camps in this state)
- possibly service centers
State table
[edit]The following table shows the status of info on Girl Scouts in the various Scouting in ??? articles for the US States. It mostly shows whether there is a map but could be expanded in other ways. Also each state links to the relevant "Scouting in" article. As far as maps, I'm looking for information so as to do more. If anyone finds maps or info on what counties (or parts of councils) make up post-realignment councils, feel free to put them in User:Erp/Sandbox GS. I may also put preliminary maps there.
| State | Map? | realigned? | # councils | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | yes | done | 3(2 HQ) | overlap with Georgia |
| Alaska | no | October 2009 | 3 to become 1 | 1 council wishes to remain independent |
| Arizona | yes | done | 3? (2 HQ) | overlap with Utah. Don't know whether Fredonia, Arizona is or is not in the Utah council. The Utah council does not list it on its current web page (but do list Wendover, Utah) though they do on older documents (along with Wendover). |
| Arkansas | yes | done | 2 (1 HQ) | overlap with Tennessee |
| California | yes | done | 13 (or is it 11?) (8 HQ) | overlap with Nevada, Oregon??, Arizona, See talk section of the article for some problems |
| Colorado | yes | done | 1 | history needs to be worked on. |
| Connecticut | yes | done | 1 | |
| Delaware | yes | done | 1 | |
| District of Columbia | not needed | done | 1 | Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital has its own article put Maryland/Virginia/WV maps there |
| Florida | yes | done | 7 | map now updated |
| Georgia | yes | done | 3 or 4 (2 HQ) | overlap with Tennessee and possibly Florida |
| Hawaii | yes | done | 1 | |
| Idaho | yes | done | 2 (1 HQ) | overlap with Washington |
| Illinois | no | October 2009? | 11 (9 HQ) | overlap with Missouri and Indiana |
| Indiana | no | in process | 8 (4 HQ) | overlap with Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio |
| Iowa | yes? | done | 5 (1 HQ) | overlap with South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin |
| Kansas | yes | done | 3 (1 HQ) | overlap with Missouri, Need info on camps in Kansas Heartland |
| Kentucky | yes | done | 2 (2 HQ) | overlap with Tennessee |
| Louisiana | yes | done | 2 | The new Pines to Gulf council hasn't yet gotten a full new web site, info incomplete |
| Maine | yes | done | 1 | |
| Maryland | yes | done | 6 (1 HQ) | overlap with West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, DC |
| Massachusetts | yes | done | 3 (2) | overlap with Rhode Island |
| Michigan | yes | done | 5 (3 HQ) | overlap with Wisconsin, Indiana |
| Minnesota | yes | done | 3 (2 HQ) | overlap with the Dakotas (South Dakota) |
| Mississippi | no | October 2009 | 3 (2 HQ) | overlap with Tennessee. Two councils still to merge |
| Missouri | yes | done | 3 | camps and some other info needs updating |
| Montana | yes | done | 1 | joint with Wyoming |
| Nebraska | yes | done | 2 (1 HQ) | |
| Nevada | yes | done | 3 (2 HQ) | overlap with Idaho |
| New Hampshire | yes | done | 1 | jointly with Vermont |
| New Jersey | yes | done | 4 | BTW a nice NJ Scouting history museum at http://www.njscoutmuseum.org/ |
| New Mexico | yes | done | 4 (2 HQ) | overlap with Arizona and Texas |
| New York | yes | June 2009 | 12 (11 HQ) | overlap with Connecticut one island |
| North Carolina | no | in process | 7 (6 HQ) | overlap with Virginia |
| North Dakota | yes | done | 1 | |
| Ohio | yes (but missing info) | done | 5 (3 HQ) | overlap with Kentucky, West Virginia |
| Oklahoma | yes | done | 5 (2 HQ) | overlap with Texas, Missouri, Arkansas |
| Oregon | yes | done | 3 (1 HQ) | overlap with Idaho and Washington |
| Pennsylvania | yes | done | 4 (3 HQ) | overlap with New York |
| Puerto Rico | yes | done | 1 | council web page is defunct |
| Rhode Island | yes | done | 1 | |
| South Carolina | yes | done | 4 (2 HQ) | overlap with Georgia and North Carolina |
| South Dakota | yes | done | 2 (1 HQ) | overlap with Iowa |
| Tennessee | no | in process (Oct 2009) | 7 (5 HQ) | overlap with Georgia, Kentucky |
| Texas | yes | done | 9 (8 HQ) | overlap with Arkansas |
| Utah | yes | done | 2 (1 HQ) | overlap with Arizona |
| Vermont | yes | done | 1 (0 HQ) | overlap with New Hampshire. |
| Virginia | yes (but update will be needed) | done | 7 (3 HQ) | overlap with Tennessee, West Virginia, Delaware, DC, Map updated for Shawnee merge |
| Washington | yes | done | 3 (2 HQ) | overlap with Oregon |
| West Virginia | yes | done | 5 (2 HQ) | |
| Wisconsin | no | in process | 9 (6 HQ) | overlap with Minnesota and Illinois, legal dispute involving one council not wanting to merge. |
| Wyoming | yes | done | 1 | shared with Montana |
- What about Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Marianas and American Samoa, also served by GSUSA? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 23:39, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
Updating Canadian Guiding in 'Province' articles
[edit]Main web site: http://www.girlguides.ca
| Province | Anything? | Map? | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | http://www.albertagirlguides.ca/ | ||
| British Columbia | http://www.bc-girlguides.org/ | ||
| Manitoba | http://www.girlguides.mb.ca/ | ||
| New Brunswick | http://www.girlguides.nb.ca/ | ||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Defunct web site? | ||
| Nova Scotia | http://www.girlguides.ns.ca/ | ||
| Ontario | http://www.guidesontario.org/ | ||
| Prince Edward Island | http://www.girlguides.pe.ca/ | ||
| Quebec | http://www.guidesquebec.ca/GGSite/ | ||
| Saskatchewan | http://www.girlguides.sk.ca/ | ||
| Yukon | See Alberta | ||
| Northwest Territory | See Alberta | ||
| Nunavut | See Ontario |
Brief first stab
Other missing article topics
[edit]Missing Girl Scout and Girl Guide national emblems
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- Les Scouts de Djibouti
- Girl Guides of Palestine
- Scouting in Turkmenistan
- Association of Azerbaijan Girl Guides